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The Great Alaska Shootout is ending after 2017:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... t-end-2017

As most of you know, The Shootout used to be a great tourney with top level schools competing. The equivalent of the Maui Classic. Recently, the teams have been a notch below. Thanksgiving weekend i would stay up and catch a bunch of the games, listen to Pete Gillen, and have midnight snacks of turkey and squash. Crowds at the games looked pretty thin.

Anyway, sorry to see it end.

Butler won the last big GAS in 07/08

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Grea ... a_Shootout

St. John's beat Arizona State in the GAS Championship in 2010.

Alaska in November is just not appealing unfortunately.

Marquette won in 2001 and 2005

billyjack wrote:The Great Alaska Shootout is ending after 2017:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... t-end-2017

As most of you know, The Shootout used to be a great tourney with top level schools competing. The equivalent of the Maui Classic. Recently, the teams have been a notch below. Thanksgiving weekend i would stay up and catch a bunch of the games, listen to Pete Gillen, and have midnight snacks of turkey and squash. Crowds at the games looked pretty thin.

Anyway, sorry to see it end.

I think to call the teams just a notch below is really kind. I mean this year- Cal Poly, Central Michigan, College of Charleston, CSU Bakersfield, Idaho, Sam Houston State and Santa Clara joining the host Seawolves

considering 10 years ago- Butler, Michigan, Eastern Washington, Virginia Tech, Texas Tech, Alaska Anchorage, Western Kentucky, and Gonzaga. That's far more than just 1 notch gap.

I generally dislike the proliferation of MTEs. It takes the best non-con games out of home-home series and the fans who buy season tickets don't get to see these opponents play in their gyms.